FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, February 11, 1999Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NYK trailed CHI by 5 at halftime and won 73–68.

Final · Box score
CHH88
ATL100
Q1 ATL +21; Q2 ATL +21; Q3 ATL +16; Q4 ATL +12
Final · Box score
NYK73
CHI68
Q1 NYK +1; Q2 NYK -5; Q3 NYK -3; Q4 NYK +5
Final · Box score
SAS89
CLE99
Q1 CLE 0; Q2 CLE +3; Q3 CLE +14; Q4 CLE +10
Final · Box score
HOU105
DAL95
Q1 HOU -1; Q2 HOU +4; Q3 HOU +4; Q4 HOU +10
Final · Box score
ORL87
DET81
Q1 ORL +3; Q2 ORL +10; Q3 ORL +10; Q4 ORL +6
Final · Box score
TOR84
MIA102
Q1 MIA -1; Q2 MIA -3; Q3 MIA +13; Q4 MIA +18
Final · Box score
NJN75
MIL95
Q1 MIL +4; Q2 MIL +12; Q3 MIL +16; Q4 MIL +20
Final · Box score
LAL75
MIN86
Q1 MIN +5; Q2 MIN +5; Q3 MIN +9; Q4 MIN +11
Final · Box score
UTA82
PHX74
Q1 UTA +12; Q2 UTA +4; Q3 UTA +7; Q4 UTA +8
Final · Box score
IND101
VAN97
Q1 IND +2; Q2 IND +5; Q3 IND +9; Q4 IND +4
Bars under each score: who led after each quarter, from the winner's side. winner ahead behind behind in a 10+ point comeback tied
On this day · 1997–98Feb 11, 1998: 8 games. Top scorer: Rodney Rogers (LAC vs WAS), 34 points.
The lead · NYK @ CHI

New York handles Chicago by 5

The Knicks won the first quarter 22–21. Final: 73–68. Patrick Ewing led New York with 18 points, 9 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · NYK margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+1-5-3+5NYK AHEAD ↑CHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NYK2218151873
CHI2124131068
Who led
Patrick EwingPoints, last 4 games: 17, 24, 16, 18NYK18 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Allan HoustonPoints, last 4 games: 12, 21, 11, 15NYK15 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Brent BarryPoints, last 4 games: 13, 15, 4, 15CHI15 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Toni KukocPoints, last 4 games: 32, 22, 16, 11CHI11 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.0points, last 4 vs season avg
Points per game
7.0Season avg13.0Last 4

13.0 points a game over his last four games, against 7.0 in 3 earlier games. Today: 31 points in 37 minutes.

Losing minutes
−20.2minutes, last 2 vs 1997–98 avg
Minutes per game
21.71997–98 avg1.5Last 2

1.5 minutes a game over his last two games, against 21.7 in 1997–98 (81 games). Today: 0 points in 2 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+16.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
17.5Season avg34Today

34 minutes today, against 17.5 a game in 4 earlier games. Line: 5 points, 9 rebounds, 0 assists.

Second story · TOR @ MIA

Toronto's skid reaches three

Miami won 102–84; the Raptors fall to 1–3. Tim Hardaway led Miami with 27 points, 7 rebounds and 9 assists.

Streak strip · TOR
W@ BOS103–92L@ WAS97–98Lvs MIL77–91L@ MIA84–102TOR: last 4 games through Feb 11, oldest first. Pink = win.
Top performances

Shareef Abdur-Rahim leads the day with 32

Sparkline: points in his last 10 games, tonight in pink. Black tag: most points in a game this season to date, or in his career when his whole career is in our box scores (after 5+ games). Plus/minus: points tonight against his average before tonight.
Shareef Abdur-RahimPoints, last 4 games: 12, 14, 35, 32VAN vs IND · L
23.2 PPG season to date
32 PTS · 7 REB · 11 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 5 games: 19, 22, 21, 8, 31SAS @ CLE · L
20.2 PPG season to date
31 PTS · 14 REB · 3 AST
Robert PackPoints, last 4 games: 5, 5, 11, 31DAL vs HOU · L
13.0 PPG season to date
31 PTS · 0 REB · 3 AST
Tim HardawayPoints, last 5 games: 18, 11, 32, 24, 27MIA vs TOR · W
22.4 PPG season to date
27 PTS · 7 REB · 9 AST
Shawn KempPoints, last 5 games: 13, 18, 26, 20, 25CLE vs SAS · W
20.4 PPG season to date
25 PTS · 12 REB · 1 AST
Grant HillPoints, last 5 games: 19, 26, 46, 32, 25DET vs ORL · L
29.6 PPG season to date
25 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST